Our team

Dr Laurent Garosi

DVM DipECVN FRCVS

RCVS & EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons by meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

After creating and heading the neurology/neurosurgery service at large referral practice in Hertfordshire for 14 years, Laurent joined CVS Referrals in March 2019. Laurent is currently teleneurology clinical lead. He has overall clinical responsibility of the clinical neurology services across the referral network as well as learning and development neurology stream leader. His main clinical and research interests are cerebrovascular diseases, neuro-imaging and feline neurology.

Laurent has published widely in the field of neurology and is a regular speaker on the national and international continuing education circuit. He is past-president of the ECVN, past chief examiner of the ECVN examination committee and co-editor with Simon Platt of a recently published textbook on Small Animal Neurological Emergencies.

Professor Simon Platt

BVM&S DipACVIM(Neurology) DipECVN FRCVS

RCVS & EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons by meritorious contribution to clinical practice.

Simon received his veterinary degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1992. He trained at the University of Florida, worked as a neurologist at the Animal Health Trust in the UK and is currently a Professor at the Dept. of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia. Simon is the co-editor of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Neurology and the Manual of Small Animal Neurological Emergencies with Laurent Garosi. Simon is Past-President of the ACVIM Neurology Specialty, past chief examiner of the ECVN examination committee and Founder member of the South Eastern Veterinary Neurology (SEVEN) group in the USA. Simon co-head the Vet Oracle Teleneurology service with Laurent.

Dr Ines Carrera

DVM MVM PhD DipECVDI

RCVS & EBVS® European Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging

Ines did her Diagnostic Imaging residency at the University of Glasgow, and from the beginning felt passionate about Neuroimaging. She became a certified radiologist (DipECVDI) in 2010, and she had worked in several Universities (Illinois -USA, Sidney – Australia and Zurich – Switzerland) for a total of seven years.

She also undertook a PhD degree in MR spectroscopy of the brain in dogs from the University of Bern-Zurich. Currently she is working at Willows Referral Hospital. She has done extensive research (mainly focussed on Neuroimaging) and published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. What she enjoys the most in her work is the interaction with clinicians, specially the neurology and imaging team.

Nuria Corzo Menendez

DVM CertVR DipECVDI MRCVS

RCVS and EBVS® Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging

Nuria graduated from the Veterinary College in Zaragoza (Spain) in 1997 and was a recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship from the European Union in 1998.

In September 2001 Nuria was awarded the RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Radiology and subsequently the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging in October 2006. In March 2008 she became a RCVS Recognised Specialist. Nuria has worked in all aspects of small animal diagnostic imaging (radiology, fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, nuclear medicine, CT and MRI) and has a particular interest in radiographic and CT contrast studies. She is currently clinical director in teleradiology at CVS Referrals. Nuria and her team is on hand to provide you with a complete imaging service with your neurological patients.

Charlotte Whatmough

BVetMed MRCVS DipECVDI

RCVS and EBVS® Specialist in Diagnostic Imaging

Charlotte graduated from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in 2000 and subsequently spent four years working in small animal first opinion practice in Essex.

In 2004 she started a radiology residency at the RVC passing her European Diploma in 2007 and joining a large multidisciplinary referral centre in Hertfordshire shortly after. Since 2016 Charlotte has been combining occasional locum work with providing a peripatetic ultrasound service. Charlotte is a Teleradiology Consultant at CVS Referrals working with the Vet Oracle Teleradiology and Vet Oracle Teleneurology teams.